Heather Cherone

The new rules are designed to hold “private recipients of TIF dollars accountable to higher standards during the review and approval process,” the mayor said.

Approximately 820,000 rides were taken during the pilot program that ran from June to October, officials said.

Today, Chicago aldermen are scheduled to weigh whether to take the first step toward decriminalizing magic mushrooms and peyote.

The ban will begin Feb. 1. and end Aug. 1.

Food trucks will be able to stay in the same spot for four hours under a rule change scheduled for a vote by the City Council Wednesday.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot supported a scaled-back version of the plan Tuesday after initially blasting the original proposal as misguided and likely illegal.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted a proposal to freeze construction near the 606 as a misguided effort that is likely illegal.

Ald. Brian Hopkins wants the city to install noise monitors along Lake Shore Drive to measure the sleep-preventing racket created by the motorcycles without mufflers.

Uber and Lyft rides, parking Downtown and dining out will all cost more as new tax hikes go into effect.

Ald. La Spata said he pressed the developer to ensure the former school could be turned into homes for those being priced out of Logan Square.

Ten aldermen want to stall the sale of pot in Chicago to ensure firms owned by people who were hurt by drug laws can profit from legalization.

All 77 city library branches will eventually have Sunday hours as Mayor Lori Lightfoot's promise to re-open libraries on Sundays begins.

“This is a travesty,” said Ald. Jason Ervin, the chair of City Council Black Caucus. “If equity is to be one of our north stars, this is not it."

Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson's effort to require City Council committees to determine whether a majority of aldermen are present before starting meetings ran into a buzzsaw of opposition.

Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson's (11th) plan to require taking attendance at committee meetings would reverse decades of tradition at City Hall.

A change would have unseated longtime member Anna Sobor, who lives in nearby Old Irving Park and supported former Ald. John Arena.

The SSA commissioner told city officials Gardiner’s proposal was designed to unseat her, since she supported former 45th Ward Ald. John Arena.

"I listened to the community and the community voted no, so my decision is going to be no," Ald. Felix Cardona Jr. said of the zoning change developers wanted.

The $11.65 billion spending plan includes raising some taxes and fees to avoid a large property tax increase.

The project would transform the school shuttered during mass closings into 107 apartments and five townhomes.